Posted on 12/27/2004 6:56:03 PM PST by wagglebee
Besides grateful relatives, tourists returning from Asian countries struck by the killer tsunami are likely to be met by news agency representatives hunting for video of the cataclysmic event.
"There will still be, I think, the definitive shot, the wall of water," Sandy MacIntyre, director of news for Associated Press Television News in London, said Monday.
American TV networks have been rushing reporters and camera crews to countries affected by the disaster. As they cover the aftermath, there's also an intense effort to find video of the event as it happened, to convey the awesome power of the natural phenomenon.
APTN is competing fiercely with another news agency, Reuters, to acquire video. APTN producers were sent to six airports in Europe and Asia on Monday to ask tourists if they had captured the scene on their home video cameras, MacIntyre said.
CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC covered the story heavily Monday, often running the same video clips over and over.
The most arresting shot was taken from the roof of a building at Pa Tong beach in Thailand, showing a giant wave crashing into the shore and spilling into buildings and onto streets. It was taken by an Australian tourist and acquired by an Australian television station as soon as he arrived in Sydney, said Anna Murray, an APTN news editor.
Another frequently seen clip showed a pool overrun by a wave, with terrified sunbathers trying to run away. It was shot by a tourist in Sri Lanka, Murray said. Another shot shows a different pool being overtaken by ocean water pouring in from over a hill.
News agencies must depend on amateurs for this video. Many may still be traumatized by the event and may not realize what they caught on camera, MacIntyre said.
"Obviously there weren't news crews staking out the beaches," said Chuck Lustig, ABC News director of foreign news.
Like the steadily climbing death toll, the story should continue to unfold over the next several days.
"There are still places where journalists haven't been yet - or even relief agencies and government workers," Lustig said.
It will sell and money trumps heart.
And by tomorrow they will have figured out a way to blame the entire disaster on Bush.
Another frequently seen clip showed a pool overrun by a wave, with terrified sunbathers trying to run away.Anybody have a link?
Amazing walls of water are needed to be seen? How about we be sensible by saying that amazing walls of water than have washed away tens of thousands of people and crashing them against rocks or sufficating them to death are needed to be seen?
They're already blaming the US for not warning them.
That's coming! You'll see.
Of course you are right about the media, but every time I flip on Fox News, I am looking for that shot. Most of us are.
Why do you think so many people went to see movies like "Deep Impact" and "The Day After Tommorrow"? For the acting?
I'm more interested if "good" footage was caught. Nothing "sensational" for FoxNews Alerts, but footage that scientists and geologists can use to confirm or refute their data about tsunami's.
. . .and 'they' did not respond; which is to say 'what' I do not know. They did not see the message/hear the message or simply did not believe the message;or have time to respond. . .but apparently, there were those here. . .trying to contact 'those' there. . .whereever that is.
Actually all the video will be a help in getting people to take the threat of Tsunami in their local areas seriously. It's a visual world.
I'll admit I'd like to see a good video of the big one coming in.
"And you say all things obey me?" Canute asked.
"Absolutely!" they said. "The world bows before you, and gives you honor."
"I see," the king answered. "In that case, bring me my chair, and we will go down to the water."
"At once, your majesty!" They scrambled to carry his royal chair over the sands.
"Bring it closer to the sea," Canute called. "Put it right here, right at the water's edge... And someone go back and get the royal video camera!"
Hunt is on for dramatic tsunami pictures - PING.
So, it's best to ignore it?
Are you going to turn your head when they bring you these pictures?
This is their job.
Dang - I have been looking for that clip for someone on another thread. If anyone has it - a link would be nice.
Such images would have scientific value. While tsunamis can be computer modeled, some actual data would improve the process of modeling.
NO doubt! At what prices?
Seems like a golden opportunity for some photoshop whizkid to turn a buck.
Seems like a golden opportunity for some photoshop whizkid to turn a buck.
Dan Rather IS still around for a little while longer...
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